Un gran sistema sanitario ¿no necesita juristas?
el global
Asumamos que en España se disfruta de un gran sistema sanitario, avalado por un grado de satisfacción de los usuarios superior al 60 por ciento. Somos conscientes y además sabemos que la tendencia que muestra el Barómetro que publica el Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad cada año es negativa, pero aun así la... Read More
Un poquito de sentido común, por favor
El GLOBAL
Los automatismos en la toma de decisiones no suelen ser una política inteligente a medio y largo plazo. Ofrecen algunas ventajas inmediatas, qué duda cabe. Al principio nos ahorran quebraderos de cabeza, como tener que buscar soluciones alternativas más creativas y sofisticadas para ciertas situaciones particulares. Pero a la larga los inconvenientes suelen superar de... Read More
Faus & Moliner participates in the International Comparative Legal Guide to Pharmaceutical Advertising 2015
Jordi Faus and Carmela Losada write the chapter on Spanish law on advertising and promotion of medicinal products
International Comparative Legal Guide
The International Comparative Legal Guide on advertising of medicinal products has been designed in order to provide international practitioners and in-house counsel with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations on pharmaceutical advertising. The guide includes a chapter for each major jurisdiction, in a practical Questions & Answers format that provides a... Read More
Substitution of medicinal products and individual rights of patients
Judgment of the Court of Justice of the Basque Country of 3 February 2015 on the substitution of a branded medicinal product by a generic medicinal product
Capsulas Nº 161
Background This case begun when a doctor treating a patient with Parkinson came to the conclusion that, in this specific case, the generic medicinal product which the patient was getting from the pharmacy did not have the same effect as the branded product which the doctor had prescribed. The substitution had been carried out by the... Read More
The Supreme Court is reluctant to allow criminal proceedings against failure to act by administrative authorities
Judgement of the Supreme Court, of 29 April 2015, on the financing of new treatments for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Capsulas Nº 161
This judgment rules on the criminal complaint filed by patients and relatives of persons who were affected by the hepatitis C virus on account of the obstacles they found to access new treatments against this pathology. Given that among the defendants there was a person with privileged jurisdiction, the initial assessment of the complaint in relation to... Read More
Application of the proportionality principle in cases affecting public health
Judgment of the Court of Justice of the Basque Country of 3 February 2015 on the substitution of a branded medicinal product by a generic medicinal product
CAPSULAS Nº 161
In the information society the decisions affecting sensitive matters immediatelycapturethe attention of media and public. Theimmediacy of digital media and summarizing very complex mattersina mere headline or 140 characters sometimes prevents us from forming an accurate opinion on the issue. This seems to occur with this judgement regarding the prohibition of blood donation for sexualityreasons.... Read More
The defect in a medical device manufactured in series presumes the existence of such defect in all the units from the same series
Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), of 5 March 2015, Case C-503/13 (Boston Scientific), regarding liability for defective medical devices
Capsulas Nº 161
Background A manufacturer of pacemakers and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators realized that a component for the hermetic seal used in the pacemakers could undergo a progressive degradation that might lead to an early battery rundown, resulting in loss of telemetry and/or in loss of output without warning. He also verified that the proper working of... Read More
Pan para hoy…
El GLOBAL
Al hilo de las declaraciones del Gobierno sobre los planes que se están barajando para compensar a los servidores de la función pública, colectivo del que se han exigido sacrificios indudables, no ha faltado quien ha puesto el dedo en la llaga y se ha preguntado si también empezarán a pensarse medidas para aliviar la... Read More
A propósito de las comisiones andaluzas
El GLOBAL
Supongamos que alguien nos pida una explicación del entorno legal y administrativo en el cual opera la industria farmacéutica en España. Para llevar a cabo un ejercicio de este tipo suele ser bueno pensar que el destinatario de nuestra explicación será un extranjero, por ejemplo, alguien del departamento médico de una compañía americana que acaba... Read More
The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability 2015: Chapter 31 – Spain
A practical cross-border insight into product liability work
THE INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDE
Recently the 2015 issue of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability was published. This Guide offers a practical insight into product liability issues across the world, and includes both general articles on novelties in the field of product liability and country specific Q&A chapters. Just like last year, Xavier Moliner and Irene van... Read More